Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Simon Roy Christensen <>]

hello hello

I hope this is not too off topic, but I'm about to write a music-historical paper/essay on music including nature, or maybe rather the acting of nature. Here I'm thinking of examples like some of Max Eastley's sound sculptures, Paul Panhuysen and Céleste Boursier-Mougenot use of birds,  John Cage's "Atlas Eclipticalis" or the sounds of fungi and plants made audible by Michael Prime, for instance. Some of it probably helped along its way due to Cage's renowned remark of having an art 'imitating nature in its manner of operation'. But maybe there are even pre-Cage examples also?

I was thinking that this might be a good place to ask if any of you can recommend artists, works, literature or something else that spring to mind, which might have some kind of relevance to this - it would be very nice to hear!

thank you, 

simon